Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-16
ELEGANT LINEN.
Ssfseee' Beautiful osd Costly StufIs for
Table, Bed, Toilet and Buffet.

ELEGANT LINEN.
Strange Beautiful e.a costiy STUFF for
Table. Bed. Toilet .ad BuRse.
"A present wave in the tide of ordi-
nary household fashion bares to view
the Holbein table linen designed for
luncheon and tea service. The Aus
trian form is one of the latest finding
favor among a crowd Of exceedingly
line productions of its species. Its
lilies are strewn over a ground shot in
white and yellow. and dashed with
oblique lines like rain falling in .
strong wind. with quite captivating
suggestion, and its varied designs are
not inaptly classed in the name of ar.
The fabrication is popular in blue, in
old gold. straw color, and soft deep
red. unlike the intense red of cotton
manufactures. The value of the style
is frequently the more to be appreci-
ated from its comparative inexpensive
ness. These damask sets may be pur-
chased for as low price as $lO-with
g added for each additional size of .
half yard, while the German en-
brOidered cloths are from $45 to 500
set. On the kind of twilled German
linen called atlas cloth, and with
heavily knOtted fringes. these pieces fig
ure in luncheon luxury rs an approved
form. Lunch sets in silk and linen in
damask patterns. which are purchased
at $4S. are also of elegant quality.
These are in mixtures of white and yell
low, or in blue, salmon or shrimp
pink, and others are in white or cream
color. Among recent importations al
30 are hem-stitched and fringed lunch
con cloths of MORE antique or ribbon
patterns. and with borders showing
hair-striped or figured blocks in colors.
forming a wide band between the rows
of open work.
Very little in the way of novelty is
seen in dinner drapery, with the ex-
ception of peach pattern of uncom-
mon beauty appearing in some of
the Scotch manufactures. The matched
napkins are in three-fourths, five
eighths and seven-eighths sizes, the
latter being the largest made. The
texture of the silky. snowy product is
suberb. Tray and carving cloths in
unfgured fabric are stamped for en-
broidery with appropriate designs.
Little finger-bowl doyleys in French
linen cambria, thin as mist, and being
hem-stitched and stamped with pat
tern on one side, are the dantfest of
these articles. Such are the refine
ments reached in the public markets.
Similar qualities distinguish the
chamber linen imported ready for use.
Sheets in fine texture of the Irish man.
ufacture. sold at $12 and SIS pair,
are hem-stitched in double rows above
the hem which is sometimes covered
with an embroidered design. These
articles in French linen and with
French work are adorned in an elab-
crate manner with blocks in hem
stitching. This beautiful lace-like
needle-work is chiefly in pillow-shams
and sheet-shans, which are matched
costing 1924 for the set-as also in
scarfs and other forms of covering in
toilet use. The embroidered sets are
purchased for 1925.
The style of hem-stitched work is
equally suited to the buffet. Scarfs
with old German embroidery in colors
continue as favorite style. A square
form, in cream color instead of white,
embroidered in brown. blue, dull red,
etc, is an agreeable table cover.
Towels are handsome enough to rank
as high, ut least among articles of pre-
sentation. as when SaphO said to a
friend:
And purple towels DER your knees I'll throw,
And do you not despise the friendly gift.
Those of Mexican variety at s.
each, with needle-wOrk lace formed
above the fringe as wide heading. are
not to be despised. and Mikado towels
ut - and others with German en-
broidery at IS are desirable of their
kind. Among the best for personal
use are those in Old-bleach linen-ac-
Iuainted not with acids but with the
grass. Those at SIS per dozen. which
are yard and quarter long and
twenty-seven inches wide, and being
washed are ready for use. fit for heir
looms in family.-N. Y. Nail and E1-